The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-17

The reports fr. N the State institutions
show the number of people held III charge
by the State to be as follows: State Hos
pitA for the Insane, Mendoza 517; North
em Hospital for the Insane, Winnebago,
651; Industrial School for Boys. Waukesha.
343; State Prison. Waupnn. Al; State Pub
lie School. Sparta. 1O2; total. 2.O6O.
The five-year- old child OF n s. Belden, OF
Durand, was burned to death the other
day The child's dress caught fire from
hot poker.
MICHIGAN.
recent fire destroyed house at Harris
vile belonging to Henry stockton, poor
man, and by the evening Of the next day
generous neighbors had subscribed enough
money to build him . comfortable home:
A young man living near Marshall was re-
Gently married to the daughter Of q widower
and few days later his sister was married
to the girls father. thus making his own
sister his mother-in-la
John White and James Wells, wealthy
farmers of Amboy township. fought the
other night, and Wells struck his opponent
with club, killing him almost instantly.
Adam StemeA wealthy resident Of
Houghton, was caught in the fy-wheel Of
the Calumet mill at Like Linden q few
days ago and instantly killed
L D. Loss, foreman Of the white lead
works ut Detroit was caught In belt the
other day and before the machinery could
be stopped was . mass OF broken bones
A new law that has recently gone into
effect requires sheriffs and deputies to record
the history of all felons under their charge
AZ far az possible, and attach photographs
Of the men to the same It establishes .
'rogues' gallery" in every sherlff's Office.
Wyandotte is excited over the striking Of
natural gas at depth OF fifteen hundred
feet
An attempt was recently made to wreck .
passenger-train near Menominee by placing
cordwood on the track, but the engineer
discovered the obstruction in time to pre-
vent catastrophe.
Chief-of Police Winney, OF Jackson, has
declared war on the gambling places in that
city.
Louis Maquis, sailor arrested at Chey-
boygan last winter and placed in jafl on q
charge Of larceny, broke from his prison in
the spring. Late the other night the sheriff
went on board the schooner Belle Hans
comb End found the escaped prisoner He
was locked up
J. A Bacot. . prominent citizen of Hayes
township, Charlevoix County, took Paris
green by mistake recently and died in Q
short time.
The Grand Rapids Board Of Trade was for
mally organized the other night President,
George @. Briggs; Secretary, h. d. C. Van-
asmuA
Joseph 81. Chandler, Of Chicago, . few
days ago secured Michigan Safe deed to
forty acres Of swamp land. which embrace
the ground Of the Calumet h Hecla Mining
Company. The fling Of the document
created great sensation at Houxhton.
Lawyers do not think he has q chance oi
getting the property
DAKOTA.
Dakota has more post Offices that Masea-
chusetts, or about dozen other Statea
Governor Church recently removed three
Of the Trustees OF the Yankton asylum
charging negligence and improper disburs-
ment Of money.
In response to an inquiry upon the sub
ject from Dakota. Commissioner Sparks haa
written that purchasers of railroad indem
nifty lands restored to the Government an
entitled to do the same.
G. Davis, . prominent citizen of Parker,
died very suddenly OF heart-disease the
other night He moved there q year age
from Wisconsin.
The house, contents and two small chill
dren Of Eugene Kelly, ten miles north oi
Iroquois, burned up the other morning.
The Dakota land Offices will pay an aggre.
gate salary list to registers and receiver.
alone Of $50, 900 the present year. Evers
on Of the ten Offices reaches the maximum
salary figure OF $1,000
W. h Phelps. of Sioux Falls. brother O
Minister Phelps, Of England, though
eeventy-eight years old. has just opened ,
new tailor-shop
eral Of Dakota, II . native Of New York.
The recent burning Of the Gov ernmen
school building ct tho Santeo Agency
throws large number Of Indian childrel
out Of school
The Duluth. Milbank Southwestern is
new project formed at Milbank to built
from Morris, Mimi, via Big Stone City and
Milbank to Sioux Falls
A pressed-brick company at Yankton Il
turning out twenty 1--we Thousand brick pei
day by artesian water power.
The monthly expense account OF th,
mines operated In the neighbOrhOod trib
utary directly or indirectly to Deadwood il
| $l08, ,OOO
South Dakota has 127 Methodist circuit
and 1881 members Of that church
A terrible prairie fire sweet Coteaux tn,
other night, destroying thousands Of dol
lars worth Of property.
Commissioner of Immigration McClur,
gives notice that his Office will hereafter b,
| at Pierre instead Of Bismarck
| MINNESOTA.
The partly completed Mortimer apart
ment house at Minneapolis, eight storie
high, with three residences adjoining, wa
burned early the other morning Total loss
$115 900; insurance, sos, ,OOO
The Northern Pacific Elevator Company
warehouse at Muskoda was burned fey
days ago with three thousand bushels o
wheat; insured.
Governor McGill has issued . proclamation
fixing Thursday. November "a. a day Q
Thanksgiving.
! State Auditor Braden recently sold at auc
tion at the county auditors Office two mil
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